Ripping home made dvd's so I can edit on imovie 09?

I have an editing job, but for the life of me have been able to get my mac to recognize my Canon ZR-80 mini dv camcorder. I took it to the apple store, and there mac's wouldn't recognize it either. They wanted me to make an appointment and bring my imac with me, so they can troubleshoot. I said that your mac's dont recognize it either, so why should I bring my mac? they said in case they need to download software.
I'm not going to do that, so the customer suggested that the use a DVD Camcorder and just give me the disks.
Question 1: Can a imac play a mini dvd?
Question 2: What software can I use to rip the dvd? I would prefer to use just one software that can do the whole job.
Question 3: If the imac cannot play mini dvd's, what would you suggest? don't have the money to buy another camcorder. Thought about asking for advance so I can buy a new camcorder.

mcintoshmc wrote:
.. DVDxDV advertises no video quality loss, so I wonder about them. I have a PC also, maybe I can rip the dvd there.
that's marketing.. I do recommend DVDxDV for converting when you don't need any options, you need DVDs 'as a whole', single-click-app .. fact is: is a DVD is mp2 encoded, an interframe codec with a - sometimes - too low bitrate.. for editing, you need an intraframe codec.. interframe doesn't store every frame, just the 'differences' between frame #1 and #2 .. (.. 12, 13, 14, keyframe= fully stored) - so, where should the lossless-info come from for the non-keyframes? ..
=> there HAS to be a loss, due to usage of DVD. not of software...-
They tried swapping firewire cables at the apple store and that didnt work either. If I were to purchase a new camera, which one would you prefer that is compatible with imovie 09? I prefer mini dv for editing.
so, final assumption is: cam kaputt . last try: pull out any battery in device for about an hour.. that could reset ports of device..
any miniDV you can afford does work with iMovie..
but there is a huge 'but' ..
iM09 is, as long discussed here, not choice #1 for handling miniDV/Standard. the long discussed skip-field-problem.. there are workarounds avail, the free one on a website, I'm participating with:
http://sites.google.com/site/theimovieoutputproject/
(giving you in-depth info, where and why there are probs with i-footage.. )
or, switch to HDV (=HiDef on miiDV), and use 720p for recording
so, two and a half men options:
• use iMHD6 for miniDV and lossless handling of DV
• consider the plunge to FCE - handles DV lossless too, plus a pro-editor
• consider an actual AVCHD-device, record in 720p, use iM09 or FCE4.01 (720p or 1080i)

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